academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
opposite side; opposition
genuine article; real thing; real deal
student (esp. a university student)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
job hunting; job searching
to be worried; to be troubled
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
arm; skill; efforts; ability
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
national border; provincial border
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
having said that; on the other hand
imperial court; royal court
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
if so; in that case; in that situation